Vocabulary Cards Unit 8

a pledge; freedom from doubt; self-confidence

• assurance

• asylum

• console

• dilate

an institution for the care of children, elderly people, etc.; a place of safety

• assurance

• asylum

• console

• dilate

to comfort

• assurance

• asylum

• console

• dilate

to make or become larger or wider; to expand upon

• assurance

• asylum

• console

• dilate

trash; waste products

• dross

• dwindle

• flippant

• immunity

to lessen or diminish

• dross

• dwindle

• flippant

• immunity

lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy

• dross

• dwindle

• flippant

• immunity

resistance to disease

• dross

• dwindle

• flippant

• immunity

to establish, set up

• institute

• liability

• preposterous

• pugnacious

a debt; something disadvantageous

• institute

• liability

• preposterous

• pugnacious